Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service, coming to you live from London.
I'm Julian Warwicker.
Well, it was a long journey for both men, but after three hours of face-to-face talks in Alaska,
Presidents Trump and Putin didn't succeed in bringing peace to Ukraine.
A summit which President Trump said in advance had only a 25% chance of failure was big on memorable images but light on specific progress.
As the two men departed that most remote part of the United States,
a place that Russian officials liked to remind people was once part of Russia until its 19th century.
century's sale to America.
The war in Ukraine,
which has raged for three and a half years with the loss of tens of thousands of lives, goes on.
Tom Bateman, the BBC State Department correspondent, was following events in Alaska.
American firepower was being flexed in the Alaskan skies,
a B-2 stealth bomber blasting its way over the airbase.
But on the ground, it was the warmest of greetings for Vladimir Putin.
A red carpet welcome,
even a presidential applause from Mr Trump for the architect of the Ukraine war.
The moment melted the freeze the US had imposed on Russia's place in the world.
A gift from President Trump to his counterpart on US soil.
The press pool, at least, were still asking the tough questions to Mr Putin.
Mr Putin, will you agree to a ceasefire?